Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tim's Birthday



So this is our little family celebration we had for Tim.
Madilyn and Andrew helped with the cake ...

and the candles!

Tim actually had a surprise party the night before but there are no pictures because I wasn't there-he had a guys only, X-Box night.  A friend of ours set up three systems throughout his house and Halo was the game of choice.  Happy Birthday Tim!





Sunday, October 19, 2008

Eliza's Blessing Day






This is the dress Grandma Sherrie made.  

Believe it or not, she was even happier once the dress finally came off.
It's fun to get dressed up but I think every girl wants something comfy
 once the main event is over. 

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Andrew Loves Wall E

Here's a picture of Andrew's birthday cake.  He loved putting the "rocks" on.

Andrew's Birthday Bash!!!

Today I asked Andrew how he got so big and he said, "Because I blew the candles off my birthday cake."  I love how kids' minds work.

Here are some pics of his special day.



The festivities started with everyone decorating bags that they would use to catch all their goodies from the pinata...


and enjoying some time on the swing set.













Dennis and Connie and my mom, Sherrie all flew in for the festivities.












What kid doesn't love a pinata?













Bring on the cake!













Happy Birthday Andrew!












Saturday, October 4, 2008

Getting Ready To Party!

Here are my cute little helpers.  This is one chore they both kind of like.  (Hopefully this lasts awhile.)












Madilyn is such a good problem solver.  She should grow up to be an inventor.  She was blowing balloons up for Andrew's party and decided the bike pump would probably work better.  It worked amazingly and Andrew could help too.  What a smarty pants!  

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

It's Hard Work Being This Cute

Normally Eliza loves her bath but she was having an off day.
But even her feet turn out so cute.
(Thanks Aunt Heather & Uncle Jer for the pretty shoes.)
Mommy calls these my sherbet jammies.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Kids Grow So Fast!

Madilyn started dance class again today,  isn't she such a cutie?!  She's taking ballet, tap and jazz.  She loves it.

She started kindergarten three weeks ago in Ms. Quarles' (sounds like "corals" not "kwar-lez" like my southern Califorian upbringing led me to believe) class.  She is already sounding out short words and gets so excited.  She is our social butterfly and has made new friends.  Mommy, Andrew, and Eliza even ate lunch with her and her new friends yesterday when we brought her lunch to her.  (Mommy ran out of time that morning.)








Andrew started preschool this week in Ms. Angela and Ms. Melissa's class at Jenks First Baptist Church.   

Andrew loves his trains, cars, finding bugs and playing in water at the sink.  The other day he spent a half hour on a chair at my kitchen sink just enjoying the water and the soap bubbles.  So much so, that his ice cream dessert didn't even pull him away from his fun.  We love that he entertains himself so well.  










Here's is our sweet Eliza.  She will be eight weeks old tomorrow!  How does time go by so fast?  She is finding her routine and in the process becoming a happier baby.  For awhile I thought we were going to be dealing with colic.  But as you can tell she's our happy girl.  

Her favorite place to be is on her changing pad looking into the mirror or at the musical monkeys that we have hanging from the mirror.  The swing is now tainted since she realizes it means sleep.  But this has lead to her learning to sooth herself and falling asleep in her bed.  Isn't she pretty in pink?!